
Article 1 
Genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) NK603 × T25, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.
Article 2 
The following products are authorised for the purposes of Articles 4(2) and 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in accordance with the conditions set out in this Decision:

((a)) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2 maize;
((b)) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2 maize;
((c)) MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2 maize in products containing it or consisting of it for any other use than those provided in points (a) and (b), with the exception of cultivation.
Article 3 

1. For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘maize’.
2. The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in the documents accompanying products containing or consisting of MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2 maize, with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.
Article 4 

1. The authorisation holder shall ensure that the monitoring plan for environmental effects, as set out in point (h) of the Annex, is put in place and implemented.
2. The authorisation holder shall submit to the Commission annual reports on the implementation and the results of the activities set out in the monitoring plan in accordance with Decision 2009/770/EC.
Article 5 
The information set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be entered in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
Article 6 
The authorisation holder shall be Monsanto Europe SA, Belgium, representing Monsanto Company, United States of America.
Article 7 
This Decision shall apply for a period of 10 years from the date of its notification.
Article 8 
This Decision is addressed to Monsanto Europe S.A., Avenue de Tervuren 270-272, B-1150 Brussels, Belgium.
Done at Brussels, 4 December 2015.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


((a)) Applicant and authorisation holder:
NameMonsanto Europe SAAddressAvenue de Tervuren 270-272, 1150 Brussels, Belgium
On behalf of Monsanto Company — 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard — St. Louis, Missouri 63167 — United States of America.
((b)) Designation and specification of the products:

((1)) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2 maize;
((2)) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2 maize;
((3)) MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2 maize in products containing it or consisting of it for any other use than those provided in points (1) and (2), with the exception of cultivation.
The genetically modified MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2 maize, as described in the application, expresses the CP4 EPSPS protein which confers tolerance to glyphosate herbicides and PAT protein which confers tolerance to glufosinate ammonium herbicides.
((c)) Labelling:

((1)) For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, and in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘maize’;
((2)) The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in the accompanying documents of the products containing or consisting of MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2 maize with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.
((d)) Method for detection:

((1)) Event-specific real-time quantitative PCR-based methods for MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 and ACS-ZMØØ3-2 maize; the detection methods are validated on the single-trait events and verified on genomic DNA extracted from seeds of MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2 maize;
((2)) Validated by the EU Reference Laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/statusofdossiers.aspx
((3)) Reference material: ERM®-BF415 (for MON-ØØ6Ø3-6) accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) at https://irmm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/rmcatalogue and AOCS 0306-H6 and AOCS 0306-C2 (for ACS-ZMØØ3-2) accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at http://www.aocs.org/LabServices/content.cfm?ItemNumber=19248
((e)) Unique identifier:
MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 × ACS-ZMØØ3-2
((f)) Information required under Annex II to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity:
(Biosafety Clearing-House, Record ID number: published in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed when notified).
((g)) Conditions or restrictions on the placing on the market, use or handling of the products:
Not required.
((h)) Monitoring plan for environmental effects:
Monitoring plan for environmental effects conforming with Annex VII to Directive 2001/18/EC.
(Link: plan published in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed)
((i)) Post-market monitoring requirements for the use of the food for human consumption:
Not required.
Note: links to relevant documents may need to be modified over the time. Those modifications will be made available to the public via the updating of the Community register of genetically modified food and feed.